Collar-fastening.



A, CRADDOGK. COLLAR FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED 1 1112.11, 1910.

1,000,153. Patented Aug. 8,1911.

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ALFRED CRADDOCK, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DANIEL W.ONEIL, OF NORWOOD, OHIO.

COLLAR-FASTENING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED CRADDOCK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Newport, in the county of Campbell and Stateof Kentucky have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment inCollar-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparel collars, or, more particularly, to themeans of fastening removable collars to the neck-bands of coats, waistsor other similar garments.

The object of the invention is to provide tongue and pocket devices inconnection with a standingcollar and the neck-band of a coat or thelike, whereby said collar can be readily and securely attached in placefor use and, also, whereby said collar can be just as readily detachedwhen it is desired to re move it, as required.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully describedhereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is a fragmentaryPQISPQCtlX G view showing my invention as it appears in use on a.military or like coat having an upright neck-band; Fig. 2, alongitudinal elevation of the collar embodying part of my inventionherein; Fig. 3, a longitudinal elevation showing the inner face of theneckband of the coat embodying the companion part of my invention hereinand, also, showing a fragmentary portion of the upper part of the coatto which said neck-band is attached and forms a part; and Fig. 4, alongitudinal section taken through the dottedline a, a, of Fig. 3, butshowing, in addition to the neck-band seen in said Fig. 3, a fragmentaryportion of the collar embodying the companion portion of my inventionherein in attached position.

In said views, 1 indicates the upper part of the coat or other garmentespecially adapted to the use of my invention, 2 being the uprightneck-band projecting, as customary, from said part 1; 3 a hook at oneend of said neck-band; and 4 an eye at the opposite end of saidneck-band, such hook and eye forming the ordinary fastening means at thethroat of the wearer. The throat fastening means for the neck-band canbe varied at will and needs no further enlargement here, as it reallyforms no essential part of the invention.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1910.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

Serial No. 542,788.

5 indicates each one of a number of shortstrips of goods sewed orotherwise suitably attached at intervals apart to the inner face of theneck-band 2, as best seen in Fig. 3. Ordinarily but three of thesestrips 5 are provided, one atthe rear central portion of the band andthe other two at either side, about mid-way to the throat. These strips5 are each sewed along their upper and lower edges only, leavingpassageways be tween the stitches, such passage-ways forming suitablepockets under the strips for the purpose that I will now describe.

6 indicates the ordinary standing-collar, made of linen or othersuitable material to give a dressfinish to the neck. The collar shown isthat of the ordinary fiat military or uniform style with rounded corners7 at either end but without any button-holes.

8 indicates each one of a series of tongues formed in said collar,preferably in pairs directed or pointing toward each other and locatedin positions along the lower longitudinal edge of said collar tocoincide or register with the strips 5 on the neck-band. The saidtongues are formed by simply slitting the collar the desired lengthsthat the pairs of tongues are to assume, and a vertical slit is made inthe goods intermediate the opposite ends of the horizontal slits. Thefree approaching or adjacent ends of the said tongues are all rounded asshown at 9 to provide for the more ready insertion of said tongues'inthe passage-ways or pockets provided under the strips 5 on the neckband.Said tongues can be turned outwardly from either face of the collar, thelatter being preferably the same on both sides thereof so as to be wornwith either side facing outwardly and, when said tongues are tucked intoplace in the pockets provided by said strips 5 the collar is securelyheld in position within the neckband, free to be readily removed, whendesired, by first drawing the opposite ends of the collar inwardly awayfrom the neckband, whereby the first or outermost tongues are releasedfrom the pockets at the opposite ends of the neck-band, then theopposite ends of the collar are still further drawn inwardly, therebyreleasing the second tongue at each end from its pocket and then thetongues at the middle of the collar can be released by first drawinginwardly on one-half of the collar, thereby releasing one tongue andthen the remaining tongue readily releases from the center pocket bydrawing on the other half of the collar. The collar is attached in placein the reverse manner, by first inserting one of the center tonguesuntil it is fully seated, then turning its companion tongue outwardlyuntil its tip can be inserted under the opposite end of the said strip5, then inserting one 01' the second of the side tongues under the innerend of one of the side strips 5, then turning the first of the companionside tongues under the outer end of said side strip, then taking thesecond of the tongues at the other end of the collar and inserting itwitlr in the inner end of the adjacent strip 5 and finally inserting thefirst or outermost companion tongue in the outer part of the pocketunder said last-named strip. It will be seen that the said tongues whenseated within the pockets formed by the strips 5 firmly hold the collarin position within the necloband, readily attached and detached in themanner stated and with the upper edge of the collar projecting beyondthe upper edge of the neck-band to suit the varied purposes of thewearers of such collars. It is obvious that the said fastening means isadapted for use in connection with the same class of collars used byclergyinen on their coats and vestinents and, also, that the samefastening means can be used in connection with similar collars used onthe waists of women and children and, for that matter, it could be usedsuccessfully, but in a lesser desired degree, on the neck-bands of mensshirts, thereby doing away with metal bands that have been used inmilitary uniforms that become corroded and break in use and are stifiand clumsy and, also, said fastenings that embody'my invention hereinreplace the use of collar-buttons and button holes except at the throatof the neck-band.

A collar provided with the tongueformations such as are shown hereinwill notshift longitudinally or vertically and is extremely comfortableon the person of the wearer.

I claim 1. A collar-fastening comprising a removable collar having aseries of pairs of horizontal tongues integrally made therein along itsentire lower edge, with the tongues of each pair directed toward eachother and a garment neck-band having a series of horizontal open-endedreceptacles or pockets provided along its entire inner face andregistering with said tongues whereby they are adapted to receive andseat said tongues.

2. An apparel collar having termed therein a pair of integral horizontaltongues directed toward each other at the central. rear portion thereofand a pair of similarly directed horizontal tongues constructed ateither side substantially mid-vay between said rear tongues and therespective opposite ends of the collar, and all said tongues lyingparallel and adjacent to the lower edge of said collar.

ALFRED ORADDOCK.

Witnesses JOHN ELIAS JONES, LAURA E. SHIELDS.

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